Key: F
Introduction:
F C
I slipped on her shoe, she was a perfect size seven
Am
I said "There's no smokin' in the store ma'am."
G F
She crossed her legs and then
F C
We made some small talk that's where it should have stopped
Am G F
She slipped me her number, I put it in my pocket
F C
My hand slipped up her skirt, everything slipped my mind
Am F G C
In that little roadhouse... On Highway 29
F C
It was a small town bank it was a mess
Am G F
Well I had a gun you know the rest
F
Money on the floorboards, shirt was covered in blood
C Am F G C
And she was cryin', her and me we headed south... On Highway 29
Am F
In a little desert motel the air was hot and clean
C G
I slept the sleep of the dead, I didn't dream
Am F
I woke in the morning, washed my face in the sink
C G
We headed into the Sierra Madres 'cross the border line
F C
The winter sun shot through the black trees
Am
I told myself it was all something in her
G F
But as we drove I knew it was something in me
F C
Something that'd been comin' for a long long time
Am F G C
And something that was here with me now... On Highway 29
F C
The road was filled with broken glass and gasoline
Am G F
She wasn't sayin' nothin', it was just a dream
F
The wind come silent through the windshield
C
All I could see was snow, sky and pines
Am G
I closed my eyes and I was runnin'
F
I was runnin' then I was flyin'